Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
semesuga. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
semesuga, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
semesuga in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
semesuga you have here. The definition of the word
semesuga will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
semesuga, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sanguisūga, from sanguis + sūgō.
Noun
*semesuga f (plural semesugas)
- leech
1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 135:Para esto ual reer o lugar jnchado et çercallo de semesugas para liurar ende o sange que y ha para seyr fora- For this is valid to shave the swollen place and then to encircle it with leeches, so freeing the blood that is there, letting it go out
Usage notes
- Only attested in the plural.
Descendants
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “semesuga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG